Reforms open way for Suu Kyi to play full part in politics

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Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s democracy leader, may once again stand for the
country’s military-dominated parliament in a historic change of policy that
would transform its tense and confrontational politics.

The National League for Democracy, (NLD) Ms Suu Kyi’s political party, is
considering whether to re-register as a political party and contest seats in
future parliaments after boycotting inaugural elections last year.

A decision will be made at a conference of the NLD’s central committee in
Rangoon next Friday. If it is approved, as seems likely, it will mark the
biggest development so far in an unexpected thaw in relations